Pyotr Kryloff was a strongman, wrestler and athlete who lived from 1871 to 1933. He was best known as The King of Kettlebells, performing incredible feats of strength using kettlebells on a circus stage. Pyotr (also known as Pierre) was born in Moscow and his father was an avid fan …
The Mighty Atom
Joseph Greenstein, better known as The Mighty Atom, was a strongman from Poland born in 1893. He weighed only 4 pounds at birth, born prematurely with additional health issues which made doctors believe he won’t live longer than a couple of hours. Against all odds, Greenstein survived this ordeal, only …
Signor Lawanda
Hugh David Evans, better known as Signor Lawanda, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1849 to a family of slater miners. His mother died only two weeks after giving a birth and Evans was eventually force to work in the slate mines as a child laborer. Signor’s mother was quite …
John Massis
John Massis was a strongman born in 1940 in Belgium as Wilfried Morbée. He was most famous for feats of strength using his teeth to pull trains, lift cars, stop motorbikes from moving and helicopters from taking off, breaking several Guinness world records. Massis was pretty strong even as a …
Karl Morke
Karl Morke was a German strongman and world champion weightlifter born in 1893. Both of his parents were sports enthusiasts, so Karl started training with different objects at a very early age. His family couldn’t afford real weights, so he had to train with odd objects at that time. When …
Angus MacAskill
Angus MacAskill was one of the tallest man in history (without growth abnormalities) born in Scotland in 1825. He was officially added to the Guinness Book of Worlds Records in 1981 as the tallest man in recorded history (7ft 9in) and a man with the biggest chest measurements (80 inches!). …
The Great Sandwina
To spice things up, today we’ll learn more about Kate Brumbach, better known as The Great Sandwina. She was a strongwoman born into a circus family in 1884 in Austria. Her parents were well-trained circus performers with their own qualities, both in terms of strength and muscle proportions. Sandwina started …